Maybe having a first year play caller in Cignetti mixed in with all this personnel upheaval isn’t all that helpful either. Pointing at the ineffectiveness of the QB position is easy when diagnosing the overall ineptness of most NFL offenses, but the Rams truly have a perfect storm of factors to include in the diagnosing of their problems this year.

I caught he end of Jim Miller discussing the Rams offense yesterday on Sirius and he pointed to the static nature of the Rams offense. He was noting a lack of pre-snap reads by both QBs and pointed to a lack of shifts and motion as evidence. He was adamant that both Foles and Keenum were missing the most basic of personal reads. He was also speculating about Cignetti being a first year NFL play caller and the overall impact that is having.

Sure made wonder how they have the spotter do his/her job. Does this person sit up in a booth with binoculars? Are they on the sideline? There was a Rams game early in the season where a timeout was called by the ATC spotter and to me the injury was far less obvious. It’s a big area that the spotter has to cover with his or her eyes. So I can see how some instances could go unnoticed. Having the benefit of a tv camera pointed right at Keenum made yesterday’s example obvious for viewers. Still, given Case’s reaction it’s surprising that he stayed out there, or was allowed to stay out there.

No. All losses to division opponents are in the running for first as most disappointing for me. This was a brutal loss, no doubt, but John Fox has a history of getting a lot out of his teams. Cutler has had his struggles during his career, but he’s also had some pretty respectable seasons and in recent weeks he’s been stringing together some solid moments. In the Fisher era last year’s Monday nighter vs the Niners is probably my most disappointing loss. This year the loss to Washington is my most disappointing.

Cutler has been playing well in recent weeks, Foles has been playing poorly since week one. Given that and the fact that the Bears have a good defense would normally be enough for me to say with confidence that the Bears will win this game. Add in that the dome will be full of Bears fans and it is even more incentive to pick the Chicago. However, the Bears are coming off of a short week and had to travel to and from San Diego in that time. Also, Quinn is returning and Havenstein will be back at RT and Reynolds will be a guard and Donnal will not be playing. Those facts at least offer a glimmer of hope.

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Sometimes I wonder if Keenum could do any worse than Foles. I guess it’s certainly possible. For the most part Foles hasn’t been a turnover machine this year. Maybe Keenum comes in a starts turning it over. Hard to know with Keenum’s small sample size of NFL starts.

Anyway, I’m not calling for Keenum to start. I’d like to see Foles be given the chance to work through this and at least put together a couple of average performances. I’d be pleased if Foles had consecutive games with 2 td passes while competing 60% of his passes. I don’t know if Keenum is capable of doing that in this offense right now. At times I just find it mind numbing to watch this offense. Foles really is playing some back up quality football right now, at least that’s what I think.

That jersey looks like it would be a good high visibility top for a highway worker.

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A LB might be a need as well.

My response is that it makes me happy when the Rams win. To see the defense playing so well sparks joy in my heart. To see Gurley dominating makes me feel smart for fist pumping and exclaiming “yes!” when the Rams drafted him on April 30, 2015. The Rams WRs might not get open that often, but from what I can see from the network cameras they are blocking well downfield.

Yay Rams.

I like when teams keep an area of strength a strength. So going DE early would be fine with me.

That finger probably didn’t help Kendricks on a couple of those dropped balls. Just say’n.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/rams-conservative-plan-limits-packers-offense-b99594369z1-331958621.html?ipad=y

Rams Conservative Plan Limits Packers Offense

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Holy crap, this seems too crazy to be true!

Maybe this will inspire some billionaires, or corporations to care about the planet. I’m not holding my breath, however.

BTW, I nominate nittany’s Hulk post for post of the year.

I listened to the Rams broadcast of the Arizona game. On a couple of Chris Johnson’s long runs D’marco Farr called out Fairly for not maintaining his gap. When I rewatched the game it wasn’t quite as obvious to me, but I didn’t have time to slow things down and watch plays over-and-over.

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Makes sense. They could do worse.

On Gurley’s 52 yard run Cook was the H-back. He actually made a decent block on his man who was backside pursuit. Then he stood and watched, but Gurley was way down field by that point. After cursing them for the last 3 weeks I’m warming up to those stretch the field running plays.